Cuff-holder.



No. 704,070. PATENTBD MAR. 7, 1905. J. w. SHUTE.

GUET HOLDER.

APPLIGATIoN FILED rma. 20.1004.

NTTED STATES Patented March 7, 1905..

PATENT OFFICE.

CUFF-HOLDEFL SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 784,076, dated March 7, 1905. Application filed February 23, 1904. Serial No. 194,858.

To ati/Z whom, t may con/cern.-

Be it known that I, JOI-1N WiLLIAM SHUTE, a citizen of the United States, residing' at lgerna, in the county of Siskiyou and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in (Juif-Holders, of which the following' is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for holding' detachable cuffs in proper position independently of the shirt-sleeves; and my object is to provide a simple, cheap, and effective device for such purpose which can be easily applied and removed. Such a device obviates the necessity of buttoning' the cuffs to the sleeve, which with the heavily-starched cuffs generally worn is a dil'licult mattei', and, moreover, gives the cuffs the proper length or degree of projection beyond the coat-sleeve, whereas with buttoncd cuffs a shirt-sleeve which is too short will cause the cuff to be concealed, while one which is too long will cause the cuii to project too far, and so present an unsightly appearance and be uncomfortable in wear. lmbodiments of my invention by which these objects are accomplished are shownin the accompanying' drawings, in which- Figure l is a view of a coat-sleeve broken away to show a cuff with my cuff-holder in position. Fig'. 2 is a perspective View of the cuflholder as formed from wire. Fig. 3 is a similar view of a cuff-holder formed from sheet metal. Fig'. 4 is a modification of the cuff-holder shown in Fig. 3.

The device shown in Figs. l and 2 is my cuff-holder when made from a single piece of wire. The shank 1 is formed by twisting together the two armsof a length of wire bent upon itself, and an opening' 2 is left in the twisted part. At one end of the shank the wire is separated and bent, so as to form two arms 3 3, which are substantially at right angles to the plane of the shank and at a proper angle to each other. The ends of these arms have feet 4C, preferably formed by bending such ends around and upon themselves. At the front end of th cuff-holder the double wire is bent upon itself, so as to form a tongue 5, and said tongue is provided with an inwardly-bent portion 6, which projects toward and preferably into the opening 2.

The manner of using the cuii holder is clearly illustrated in Fig. l. The arms 3 3 are thrustinto twoopposite buttonholes of the cuff from the outside and are there held by the enlarged ends or feet fl. The shank extends along the cuff to the front, and the forward bent end is slipped over the edge of the coat-sleeve, preferably on the lowerside of the latter. As the bent part of the tongue projects toward the opening' 2 the fabric of the sleeve is pressed into the opening' and positively clamped at that point and there is no danger of the attachment slipping, and the tongue can be connected to any point on the edge of the coat-sleeve or adjusted after attachment to any desired point. When properly placed, the tongue is practically concealed and when applied to the inner ply of sleeves overlapping' at the edge is actually concealed. ln any case, however, the tongue is inconspicuous and not unsightly.

The device shown in Fig'. 3 is formed from sheet metal instead of wire; but in structure and function it is similar to the wire-holder already described. lt can be cheaply formed by bending' stamped blanks to the proper shape.

The modification shown in Fig. l is also a sheet-metal cuff-holder and differs from that shown in Fig. 3 only in substituting' for the hole 2a recess 2, formed by making' a bend in the shank. This recess, in connection with the adjacent projection 6, acts a clamp for the fabric of the coat-sleeve in substantially the same way as the clamps of Figs. 1, 9., and 3.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A cuff-holder comprising a shank having' two arms projecting' from it substantially at right angles and diverg'ing' from each other and adapted to be connected; to opposite buttonholes of the cuff, and a tongue bent baok- E In testimony whereof I have affixed my sig'- Wardly from the other end of said shank and nature, in presence of two Witnesses, this 25th adapted to engage with the edge of a ooatday of January, 1904.

sleeve, a receiving-Space in the shank, and a JOHN WILLIAM SHUTE 5 projection on said tongue opposite the reoeiv- Witnesses:

ing-space whereby the material of the sleeve J. E. MOFFETT,

is clamped. TH. J. DEETZ. 

